# List of Brazilian animated films

List of animated films made in Brazil.

## 1910s

| Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
| 1917 ||||
| Kaiser | Álvaro Marins | Traditional animation | Brazil's first animated short film. Original lost. |
| Traquinices de Chiquinho e seu inseparável amigo Jagunço | Unknown | Traditional animation | Based on the comic strip published in the magazine O Tico-Tico. Lost. |
| 1918 ||||
| As Aventuras de Bille e Bolle | | Traditional animation | Lost. |

## 1920s

| Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
| 1929 ||||
| Macaco Feio, Macaco Bonito | Luiz Seel | Traditional animation | Oldest record of a Brazilian Animation Film with Preserved Copy. |

## 1930s

| Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
| 1930 ||||
| Frivolitá | Luiz Seel | Traditional animation | |
| 1938 ||||
| Virgulino Apanha | Luiz Sá | Traditional animation | Partially Lost. |
| As Aventuras de Virgulino | Luiz Sá | Traditional animation | Partially Lost. |

## 1940s

| Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
| 1940 ||||
| Os Azares de Lulu | Anélio Latini Filho | Traditional animation | |
| 1942 ||||
| O Dragãozinho Manso: Jonjoca | Humberto Mauro | Puppetry | First animated movie featuring puppets. |

## 1950s

| Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
| 1951 ||||
| Amazon Symphony | Roberto Miller | Traditional animation | Brazil's first animated feature-length film |
| 1957 ||||
| Rumba | Anelio Latini | Experimental animation | |
| 1959 ||||
| Boogie Woogie | Roberto Miller | Experimental animation | |

## 1970s

| Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
| 1970 ||||
| Batuque | Pedro Ernesto Stilpen | Traditional animation | Awarded as the Best Animation by the Popular Jury of the Brasília Festival in 1970. |
| 1971 ||||
| Presente de Natal | Álvaro Henrique Gonçalves | Traditional animation | Lost. |
| Carnaval 2001 | Roberto Miller | Experimental animation | |
| 1972 ||||
| Piconzé | Ypê Nakashima | Traditional animation | First color animated Brazilian feature film |
| Balé de Lissajous | Aluízio Arcela and José Mário Parrot | CG animation | First computer-animated short film made in Brazil, in honor of the French physicist Jules Antoine Lissajous. |
| 1974 ||||
| Carcará | Ruy Perotti | Traditional animation | Pilot short film for a television series that was never produced. |
| 1975 ||||
| Ícaro e o Labirinto | Antônio Moreno | Live-action/animated film | Pilot short film for a television series that was never produced. |
| 1976 ||||
| O Natal da Turma da Mônica | Mauricio de Sousa and Jayme Cortez | Traditional animation | Short animation. First Brazilian Animation Film made for Television that was successfully completed. |
| 1978 ||||
| Can-Can | Roberto Miller | Experimental animation | |
| 1979 ||||
| A Saga da Asa Branca | Luiz Gonzaga de Oliveira | Traditional animation | |

## 1980s

| Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
| 1981 ||||
| Meow! | Marcos Magalhães | Traditional animation | Short film winner of the Special Jury Prize at Cannes, 1982 |
| 1982 ||||
| Squich | Flávio del Carlo | Live-action/animated film | Short film winner of the Special Jury Prize at Cannes, 1982 |
| As Aventuras da Turma da Mônica | Maurício de Sousa | Traditional animation | |
| Animando | Marcos Magalhães | Traditional animation | Short film showing various animation techniques |
| 1983 ||||
| Tzubra Tzuma | Flávio del Carlo | Traditional animation | |
| Turma da Mônica - A Princesa e o Robô | Maurício de Sousa | Traditional animation | |
| 1984 ||||
| Boi Aruá | Chico Liberato | Traditional animation | |
| 1985 ||||
| Planeta Terra | Marcos Magalhães | Traditional animation | Short Film with the participation of thirty artists, for the International Year of Peace (1986) |
| Os Trapalhões no Reino da Fantasia | Dedé Santana | Live-action/animated film | Animated Sequence in a Live-Action Feature Film |
| 1986 ||||
| Frankenstein Punk | Cao Hamburger and Eliana Fonseca | Stop-motion | |
| Noturno | Aída Queiroz | Traditional animation | |
| Masp Movie | Hamilton Zini Jr. | Traditional animation | |
| As Novas Aventuras da Turma da Mônica | Maurício de Sousa | Traditional animation | |
| Os Trapalhões no Rabo do Cometa | Dedé Santana | Live-action/animated film | |
| 1987 ||||
| Mônica e a Sereia do Rio | Maurício de Sousa | Live-action/animated film | |
| Turma da Mônica em: O Bicho-Papão | Maurício de Sousa | Traditional animation | |
| 1988 ||||
| Adeus | Céu D'Ellia | Traditional animation | |
| A Garota das Telas | Cao Hamburger | Traditional animation | |
| Turma da Mônica e a Estrelinha Mágica | Maurício de Sousa | Traditional animation | |

## 1990s

| Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
| 1990 ||||
| Chico Bento, Oia a Onça! | Maurício de Sousa | Traditional animation | Medium-length (Collection of Short Films); First Brazilian Animation Film Released Direct-to-Video |
| 1991 ||||
| The Christmas Tree | Flamarion Ferreira | Traditional animation | |
| 1993 ||||
| El Macho | Ênio Torresan Jr. | Traditional animation | |
| O Natal de Todos Nós | Mauricio de Sousa | Traditional animation | |
| 1994 ||||
| Rocky & Hudson | Otto Guerra | Traditional animation | Based on the comic strip characters created by Adão Iturrusgarai. Brazil's first adult-oriented animated film. |
| 1995 ||||
| Smilingüido em Moda Amarela | Marcia d'Haese | Traditional animation | First animation based on a Christian media character and also the first animation based on Smilingüido. |
| Gaín Pañan e a Origem da Pupunheira | Luiz Fernando Perazzo | Traditional animation | Short Film; First ethnographic animation made in Brazil by a public university, the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro |
| 1996 ||||
| Cassiopéia | Clóvis Veira | CG animation | Brazil's first CG feature-length film. |
| Estrela de Oito Pontas | Marcos Magalhães | Documentary/Traditional animation | Short Film made with the drawings of the psychiatric patient Fernando Diniz, Special Jury Prize in Gramado, 1996 |
| Turma da Mônica em Quadro a Quadro | Mauricio de Sousa | Traditional animation | |
| 1997 ||||
| Videogibi Turma da Mônica: O Mônico | Mauricio de Sousa | Traditional animation | |
| 1998 ||||
| Castelos de Vento | Tanya Anaya | Traditional animation | |
| Os Melhores Amantes Bebem Café | Wilson Lazzaretti and Maurício Squarisi | Traditional animation | Short Film about the Constitutionalist Revolution of 1932 |
| Videogibi Turma da Mônica: O Plano Sangrento | Mauricio de Sousa | Traditional animation | |
| Videogibi Turma da Mônica: O Estranho Soro do Doutor X | Mauricio de Sousa | Traditional animation | |
| 1999 ||||
| Deus é Pai | Allan Sieber | Traditional animation | Short Film Winner of the Competitive Screening at the Gramado Film Festival in 1999 and Best Brazilian Animation at Anima-Mundi Carioca in 1999 |
| Videogibi Turma da Mônica: A Ilha Misteriosa | Mauricio de Sousa | Traditional animation | |

## 2000s

| Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
| 2001 ||||
| Onde Andará Petrucio Felker? | Allan Sieber | Traditional animation | |
| The Happy Cricket | Walbercy Ribas | Traditional animation | |
| 2002 ||||
| Smilinguido em A Invasão | Dieter Fuchs | Traditional animation | |
| A Traça Teca | Diego M. Doimo | Live-action/animated film | |
| 2003 ||||
| Juro que Vi: O Curupira | Humberto Avelar | Traditional animation | First film in the Juro que Vi series. |
| 2004 ||||
| Cine Gibi: O Filme | José Márcio Nicosi | Live-action/animated film | Compilation of episodes based on Monica and Friends comics and being the first in the Cine Gibi series and the only one to have a theatrical debut. Also being the only one in the series to present 2D animation with live action. |
| Juro que Vi: O Boto | Humberto Avelar | Traditional animation | |
| Juro que Vi: Iara | Sergio Glenes | Traditional animation | |
| 2005 ||||
| Cine Gibi 2 | Mauricio de Sousa | Traditional animation | Compilation. Released direct-to-video. Last movie to contain an animated episode focused on Chuck Billy 'n' Folks. |
| Xuxinha e Guto contra os Monstros do Espaço | Clewerson Saremba and Moacyr Góes | Live-action/animated film | Based on the media character Xuxinha and part of the Xuxa movie series. |
| Historietas Assombradas (para Crianças Malcriadas) | Victor-Hugo Borges | Stop motion/CG animation | This animated short served as inspiration for the animated series of the same name that premiered on Cartoon Network in 2013. |
| 2006 ||||
| Juro que Vi: Matinta Perera | Humberto Avelar | Traditional animation | |
| Wood & Stock: Sexo, Orégano e Rock'n'Roll | Otto Guerra | Traditional animation | Second adult animated feature film. Based on the comic strip created by Angeli. |
| The Little Cars in the Great Race | Cristiano Valente | CG animation | Released directly to video, it was the first Video Brinquedo film infamously known for being a mockbuster of Pixar's Cars. It's the first release in The Little Cars series that spun off an animated series also released direct-to-video in the following volumes. |
| 2007 ||||
| Brichos | Paulo Munhoz | Traditional animation | First film in the Brichos franchise. |
| Garoto Cósmico | Alê Abreu | Traditional animation | |
| Uma Aventura no Tempo | Maurício de Sousa | Flash animation | Second animated film based on Monica and Friends that is not a compilation of episodes adapted from the comics. Also the first animated media based on Monica and Friends to be animated in flash animation. |
| Ratatoing | Vídeo Brinquedo | CG animation | |
| Little Bee | Vídeo Brinquedo | CG animation | |
| Gladiformers | Marco Alemar | CG animation | |
| 2008 ||||
| Dossiê Rê Bordosa | Cesar Cabral | Stop-motion | Animated short based in the comic strip character created by Angeli |
| Calango Lengo - Morte e Vida Sem Ver Água | Fernando Miller | Traditional animation | |
| Cine Gibi 3 | Mauricio de Sousa | Flash animation | First in the Cine Gibi series to be animated in flash animation. |
| The Little Panda Fighter | Vídeo Brinquedo | CG animation | |
| Gladiformers 2 | Marco Alemar | CG animation | |
| BR Futebol | Marco Alemar | CG animation | Known for being the only original animated film produced by Vídeo Brinquedo. |
| 2009 ||||
| Belowars | Paulo Munhoz | Traditional animation | |
| Cine Gibi 4 | Mauricio de Sousa | Flash animation | Compilation |
| The Happy Cricket and the Giant Bugs | Walbercy Ribas and Rafael Ribas | CG animation | |
| Josué e o Pé de Macaxeira | Diogo Viegas | Traditional animation | |
| Juro que Vi: O Saci | Humberto Avelar | Traditional animation | |
| Little & Big Monsters | Vídeo Brinquedo | CG animation | |
| What's UP: Balloon to the Rescue! | Vídeo Brinquedo | CG animation | |

## 2010s

| Title | Director | Genre | Notes |
| 2010 ||||
| Cine Gibi 5 | Mauricio de Sousa | Flash animation | Compilation |
| 2011 ||||
| Brasil Animado | Mariana Caltabiano | Live-action/animated film | First Brazilian movie completely produced with 3D technology. |
| 2012 ||||
| 31 minutos, la película | Álvaro Díaz and Pedro Peirano | Puppetry | Co-production with Chile and Spain. |
| Brichos - A Floresta é Nossa | Paulo Munhoz | Traditional animation | Second film in the Brichos franchise. |
| Peixonauta - Agente Secreto da O.S.T.R.A. | Célia Catunda and Kiko Mistrorigo | Traditional animation | Compilation |
| Cine Gibi 6 | Mauricio de Sousa | Flash animation | Compilation |
| 2013 ||||
| Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury | Luiz Bolognesi | Traditional animation | |
| Até que a Sbónia nos Separe | Otto Guerra, Ennio Torresan Jr | Traditional animation | |
| Worms | Paolo Conti, Arthur Nunes | Stop motion | First Brazilian stop-motion animated film |
| 2014 ||||
| The Boy and The World | Alê Abreu | Traditional animation | |
| Cine Gibi 7 | Mauricio de Sousa | Flash animation | Compilation |
| The Adventures of the Red Airplane | Frederico Pinto and José Maia | Traditional animation | |
| Guida | Rosana Urbes | Traditional animation | |
| História Antes de Uma História | Wilson Lazaretti | Traditional animation | |
| 2015 ||||
| As Aventuras do Pequeno Colombo | Rodrigo Gava | Flash animation | |
| Cine Gibi 8 | Mauricio de Sousa | Flash animation | Compilation |
| Até a China | Marcelo Fabri Marão | Traditional animation | |
| 2016 ||||
| Cine Gibi 9 | Mauricio de Sousa | Flash animation | Compilation |
| O Projeto do Meu Pai | Rosaria Moreira | Flash animation | |
| 2017 ||||
| GadgetGang in Outer Space | Ale McHaddo | CG animation | |
| Lino: An Adventure of Nine Lives | Rafael Ribas | CG animation | |
| Historietas Assombradas: O Filme | Victor-Hugo Borges | Flash animation | Television film based in the animated series Haunted Tales for Wicked Kids |
| 2018 ||||
| Peixonauta - O Filme | Célia Catunda and Kiko Mistrorigo | Flash animation | |
| Tito e os Pássaros | Gabriel Bitar, Gustavo Steinberg and André Catoto | Traditional animation | |
| A Cidade dos Piratas | Otto Guerra | Traditional animation | |
| Guaxuma | Nara Normande | Mixed Techniques | Won several awards including Best Animation at SXSW and Best International Short at Palm Springs |
| 2019 ||||
| CARNE | Camila Kater | Mixed Techniques | CARNE was selected in more than 250 festivals (Locarno, Annecy and TIFF), received more than 95 awards worldwide, was qualified for the 2021 Oscar®, EFA Academy Awards and shortlisted for Goya |

## 2020s

2020 :
| Os Under-Undergrounds, O Começo | Nelson Botter Jr. | Flash animation | Compilation with episodes of the first season of Os Under-Undergrounds |
| Uma Noite Antes do Natal | Nelson Botter Jr. | Flash animation | TV special based in the animated series The Amazing Professor Ambrosius´ Mansion |
| Napo | Gustavo Ribeiro | CG animation | Animated Short Awarded at 20 Festivals |
| The Red Scroll | Nelson Botter Jr. | Flash animation | Premiered in Brazil in 2021. |
| Nahuel and the Magic Book | Germán Acuña | Traditional animation | Co-production with Chile. Premiered in Brazil in 2024. |
| 2021 |||||||
| Bob Cuspe – We Don't Like People | Cesar Cabral | Stop-motion | Based in the comic strip character created by Angeli. Spiritual successor to the 2008 short film Dossiê Rê Bordosa |
| 2022 |||||||
| Tarsilinha | Célia Catunda and Kiko Mistrorigo | CG animation | |
| My Big Big Friend - The Movie | Andrés Lieban | Flash animation | Based in the animated series My Big Big Friend |
| Trunk Train: The Movie | Zé Brandão | Flash animation | Based in the animated series Trunk Train |
| Meu Tio José | Ducca Rios | Flash animation | |
| 2023 |||||||
| Chef Jack: The Adventurous Cook | Artur Costa, Carlos Daniel, Guilherme Fiúza e Rodrigo Guimarães | Flash animation | |
| Perlimps | Alê Abreu | Traditional animation | |
| Brichos 3 - Megavírus | Paulo Munhoz | Traditional animation | Third film in the Brichos franchise. |
| Placa-Mãe | Igor Bastos | Flash animation | Premiered in Brazil in 2024. |
| 2024 |||||||
| Bizarros Peixes das Fossas Abissais | Marcelo Fabri Marão | Traditional animation | |
| Teca e Tuti: uma Noite na Biblioteca | Tiago M. A. Lima and Eduardo Perdido | Stop-motion/Live-action | Based in the 2002 short film A Traça Teca |
| Noah's Ark | Alois Di Leo and Sérgio Machado | CG animation | |